diff -r 5dc02b23752f -r 3e2da88830cd src/gui/image/qxpmhandler.cpp
--- a/src/gui/image/qxpmhandler.cpp	Tue Jul 06 15:10:48 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/gui/image/qxpmhandler.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:37:55 2010 +0300
@@ -1225,11 +1225,15 @@
 
 bool QXpmHandler::canRead() const
 {
-    if (state == Ready && canRead(device())) {
+    if (state == Ready && !canRead(device()))
+        return false;
+
+    if (state != Error) {
         setFormat("xpm");
         return true;
     }
-    return state != Error;
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 bool QXpmHandler::canRead(QIODevice *device)